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One-Shot Stop
Death is inevitable. Like a cloud, it hangs ever on the horizon. On this sea of life, all living things are like little boats being swept along by a great current, its force irresistible and its flow unimpeded.[…]
Hunting
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The Heat Is On
Marck “Doc” Smythe was sitting in a tallow tree in the Cameron Parish marsh, waiting on the sun to push past the horizon and, hopefully, for a deer to walk by. He was psyched at the thought of sticking a deer.[…]
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Public Tags for Land Jaws
Each year, as club president of a hunting lease I share with several friends, I am required to record and report to the land company we lease from deer harvest information.[…]
Currents
Will Louisiana be ready for the party?
For all but a few lucky hunters, last year’s duck season along coastal Louisiana can only be described as “the season that wasn’t.”[…]
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Bowhunting Broadway
Hunters who go after deer with bow and arrow agree there is nothing like it. A gun hunter can sit comfortably in a padded swivel chair out of the weather in a covered box stand wearing jeans and sneakers, snacking on chips and soda pop, listening to a football game on his portable radio — and he has a legitimate chance of putting the crosshairs on a buck at 200 yards.[…]
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2006-07 WMA Forecast
One year after a hurricane hit each coastal corner of Louisiana like a blast from a double-barreled shotgun fired from the Gulf of Mexico, habitat and the wildlife that use it are the focus of biologists and hunters, particularly on areas that are open to the public.[…]
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Cover: August 2006-Hunting
A little planning now goes a long way during hunting season.[…]
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Shooting tube is sure to be famous
When people pull up in the driveway of our rural home, they see a long, large, white tube supported about waist height out in the pasture. If they are visiting for the first time, invariably, they ask what it is.[…]
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Focus Factor
If you don’t want to invest in good gear, don’t ever borrow it. Don’t even let your grubby little fingers ever touch it.[…]
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Lip Smacking Frog Whacking
What do shade, loose cotton clothing and a koozie holding a cold beverage mean in July for Louisianans?[…]
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LEVERevolution faster, more efficient
Over the years, I have hunted deer in the woods with a Marlin 336 lever-action carbine, but have always felt the frustration of the limit of range and power of its .30-30 cartridge.[…]
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Beauty of the beast: S&W .460 XVR
You never forget your first time. Because just like where you were when Kennedy was shot, and where you were and what you were doing on 9/11, everyone remembers his first time with a fond reminiscence and a poignant déjà vu.[…]
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Two-Minute Warning
No one will ever convince me that there is a tougher game animal on the North American continent than the Eastern wild turkey.[…]
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Crow-Magnon Man
When it comes to game birds, the wild turkey has no rival. Like nothing else in nature, the reluctant fliers are respected, admired and cursed by hunters from sea to shining sea.[…]
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Pattern your shotgun to take more game
As a young dad, I wanted to take my boys deer hunting, but they were still small for high-powered rifles, and the budget didn’t allow for two new rifles anyway.[…]
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A Winn is a Winn
With over 600,000 acres, Louisiana’s Kisatchie National Forest can seem an overwhelming place to find a turkey, much less to end a hunt successfully.[…]